BC-SC--South Carolina News Digest, SC

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SWEETGRASS ROSES-ARREST

CHARLESTON — A 16-year-old arrested and sent to a juvenile jail after police said he was selling sweetgrass roses without a permit at a popular South Carolina market would have just been taken home if he hadn’t fought with an officer, Charleston’s police chief said. The officer had noted the teen selling the art, called Palmetto Roses, for several weeks as he walked in traffic near Charleston’s City Market, according to a police report. SENT: 340 words.

IN BRIEF:

— SUSPICIOUS FIRES, from COLUMBIA — Federal authorities have been asked to help investigate after 14 fires have been reported within a few miles of each other in less than three months in South Carolina’s capital city. SENT: APNewsNow.

— ALLIGATOR CROSSING, from HILTON HEAD ISLAND — How did the alligator cross the road? With some help from police officers in South Carolina. SENT: APNewsNow.

— PARKING LOT FIRE, from FORT MILL — Investigators say they will never know the cause of a fire that damaged 12 vehicles in the parking lot of an amusement park because the blaze burned so hot it destroyed the evidence. SENT: APNewsNow.

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